June 2015

A message from your WGU mentors Once or twice a year, mentors may be harder to reach because we are attending academic meetings and commencement. Your regular mentor calls might be rescheduled, and it might take us longer than usual to get back to you when you have questions. We

Kristen Gilley just finished up her first year teaching seventh-grade geography at South Decatur Junior/Senior High School in Greensburg, Indiana—and as much as she loved it, she felt something was missing. Due to tight budgets, Kristen taught a full year of geography without a globe in her classroom. As one

The process of submitting your performance assessments in Taskstream is about to get a little easier: Introducing “deep linking”! What is deep linking? Previously, when accessing Taskstream through the my.wgu.edu student portal, you clicked on the Taskstream button in the course of study and arrived at your Taskstream “homepage,” which

The social sciences address the material conditions of our everyday world—the political tensions, economic connections, social struggles, and cultural patterns that surround and shape our daily lives. Join WGU’s social sciences faculty throughout the week as we showcase a diverse host of research interests spanning history, political geography, political science,